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Originally posted by Florabama:
But only in red neck republican strong holds like New Jersey and Virgina.

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Originally posted by Florabama:
But only in red neck republican strong holds like New Jersey and Virgina.

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It is an interesting note that in every Virginia gubernatorial election since 1977, the political party of the President at the time has lost the election, even when the state of Virginia had strongly voted for the President in question.

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It will take quite a while for the Republican establishment aka Newt Ginrich, to get the egg off their faces over this one. They routinely critizied conservatives for backing Hoffman and said conservative Republicans need to open their arms to leftist RINOs then Scozzafava dropped out and turned around and endorsed the democrat. So much for party loyalty. I guess it's only supposed to go one way when you're talking about RINOs.

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Originally posted by Biscuit In your Grill:
1. These are not the mid-term elections; those are next year.
2. As has already been pointed out,

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It is an interesting note that in every Virginia gubernatorial election since 1977, the political party of the President at the time has lost the election, even when the state of Virginia had strongly voted for the President in question.

3. Corzine was widely unpopular, yet still managed a close race.
4. The most telling race was NY-23, where the voters made it clear that far-right ideologues are not going to be widely accepted. I find it funny that the Republicans are downplaying that loss. Just a few days ago (or was that yesterday?) you were all atwitter over Dede what's-her-name dropping out, as if that justified the choice of a far-righter who didn't even live in the district. In fact, it was FlowingBananas who said

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It will take quite a while for the Republican establishment aka Newt Ginrich, to get the egg off their faces over this one. They routinely critizied conservatives for backing Hoffman and said conservative Republicans need to open their arms to leftist RINOs then Scozzafava dropped out and turned around and endorsed the democrat. So much for party loyalty. I guess it's only supposed to go one way when you're talking about RINOs.

Oops...looks like Newt Jiggy had a bit more insight than the rest of you. The "real conservatives" stood up and demanded a "real conservative" candidate, shouted down a call for moderation, and promptly...lost.

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Originally posted by Alabama Fan:
The funny thing is that Hoffman guy probably would've won in NY-23, if he hadn't declared his eternal devotion to Glenn Beck on national television.

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Originally posted by Biscuit In your Grill:
1. These are not the mid-term elections; those are next year.
2. As has already been pointed out,

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It is an interesting note that in every Virginia gubernatorial election since 1977, the political party of the President at the time has lost the election, even when the state of Virginia had strongly voted for the President in question.

3. Corzine was widely unpopular, yet still managed a close race.
4. The most telling race was NY-23, where the voters made it clear that far-right ideologues are not going to be widely accepted. I find it funny that the Republicans are downplaying that loss. Just a few days ago (or was that yesterday?) you were all atwitter over Dede what's-her-name dropping out, as if that justified the choice of a far-righter who didn't even live in the district. In fact, it was FlowingBananas who said

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It will take quite a while for the Republican establishment aka Newt Ginrich, to get the egg off their faces over this one. They routinely critizied conservatives for backing Hoffman and said conservative Republicans need to open their arms to leftist RINOs then Scozzafava dropped out and turned around and endorsed the democrat. So much for party loyalty. I guess it's only supposed to go one way when you're talking about RINOs.

Oops...looks like Newt Jiggy had a bit more insight than the rest of you. The "real conservatives" stood up and demanded a "real conservative" candidate, shouted down a call for moderation, and promptly...lost.

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Originally posted by yeswecan:

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Originally posted by Biscuit In your Grill:
1. These are not the mid-term elections; those are next year.
2. As has already been pointed out,

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It is an interesting note that in every Virginia gubernatorial election since 1977, the political party of the President at the time has lost the election, even when the state of Virginia had strongly voted for the President in question.

3. Corzine was widely unpopular, yet still managed a close race.
4. The most telling race was NY-23, where the voters made it clear that far-right ideologues are not going to be widely accepted. I find it funny that the Republicans are downplaying that loss. Just a few days ago (or was that yesterday?) you were all atwitter over Dede what's-her-name dropping out, as if that justified the choice of a far-righter who didn't even live in the district. In fact, it was FlowingBananas who said

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It will take quite a while for the Republican establishment aka Newt Ginrich, to get the egg off their faces over this one. They routinely critizied conservatives for backing Hoffman and said conservative Republicans need to open their arms to leftist RINOs then Scozzafava dropped out and turned around and endorsed the democrat. So much for party loyalty. I guess it's only supposed to go one way when you're talking about RINOs.

Oops...looks like Newt Jiggy had a bit more insight than the rest of you. The "real conservatives" stood up and demanded a "real conservative" candidate, shouted down a call for moderation, and promptly...lost.

If the RNC and Newt Gingrich has stumped for the real conservative candidate sooner Doug might have won.

But as it is it just shows what I already knew, people from New York live in New York for a reason. They're idiots.

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New York's 23rd Congressional District:
Population: 654,360
Ethnicity: 93.8% White, 2.7% Black, 0.6% Asian, 2.1% Hispanic, 0.9% Native American, 0.1% other
Median Income: $35,434

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Originally posted by Biscuit In your Grill:
What little credibility you may have had has quickly left the building...

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New York's 23rd Congressional District:
Population: 654,360
Ethnicity: 93.8% White, 2.7% Black, 0.6% Asian, 2.1% Hispanic, 0.9% Native American, 0.1% other
Median Income: $35,434

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Since this is the northernmost district in the state, it's not remotely close to New York City-- which is certainly the silly connection and even sillier insinuation Yes was trying to make. The district has been at least partially Republican since the Civil War, and John McHugh had not only won the seat easily for the past few years, but actually was unopposed during one election. In short, the Repugs royally screwed this up, and attempting to claim the results as some evidence of conservative influence is spin of the most pathetic kind.

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You lost. NJ and VA don't mean nearly as much as this rejection of the far-right.

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Originally posted by yeswecan:

It's pretty pathetic when a candidate who opposes abortion is considered far-right. That's an indictment on the morality of those who view him that way.

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Originally posted by Biscuit In your Grill:
No, it was an indictment of the ideology of Palin, Limbaugh, and Beck. The Republicans in that district delivered a metaphorical pimp slap to that trio. It's not Newt who has to wipe egg off...